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Recent Examples of hope chest
Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
Noun
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In June 2025, the caisson program restarted following an $18 million overhaul by the Army.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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Melton brought Truman and the caisson team through the gate into the shade of oak trees that tower over row upon row of white marble tombstones.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The feel is of both the jewelry and the jewel box, all in one.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Nicolas Baumann Fischer shows us this jewel box of an apartment with a certain pride.—
Edmée Jouslin de Noray,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Another was recovered from a garbage heap outside RKO’s old prop vault and sold at a 1982 Sotheby’s auction, where Steven Spielberg bought it for $60,500.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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The company says that its first $1M GPU vault is backed by NVIDIA H200s, running live AI workloads from vetted enterprise clients.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Tang said his father worked in the canteen of a British Air Force base on the island and had bought this orchard in 1966.—
Tom Downey,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Based on the 1935 date on the silver certificates and the Rock Island Arsenal stamp, the family suspects the canteen was repurposed for WWII use after originally being manufactured for WWI.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The main compartment opens up via a magnetic flap top, and on the bottom, there’s a discrete bottom zipper that has a mesh water bottle holder inside.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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In Ukrainian Village, Campbell plucked the leaves and wrappers out of his bait box, and tapped the compartment a couple of times to shake off the grime.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
16 Sep. 2017
Noun
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Anyone with information about a Purple Heart return, particularly a safe-deposit box connected to Robert Cawthon, is urged to contact the Illinois treasurer’s office at claimantconnect@illinoistreasurer.gov.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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